I-S Va[riant].V. Plate 5 from the suite of 6 entitled 'Six Variants'.

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Artist/Maker	Ives-Sillman, Inc. (printer) Sirocco Screenprints (printer) Wadsworth Atheneum (publisher) Josef Albers (maker)
Place of origin	USA (made)

Format rectangular (landscape) with nesting rectangles of colour. Included within this pattern is a bar shape with 'towers' or uprights at either end, also consisting of overlayered or nesting bands of colour. Colours predominantly[greys/ black.

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Category	Prints
Object type	Print
Title	I-S Va[riant].V. Plate 5 from the suite of 6 entitled 'Six Variants'.
Materials and techniques	Colour lithograph
Brief description	Print - Josef Albers: I-S Va.V. From the suite Six Variants. 1969
Physical description	Format rectangular (landscape) with nesting rectangles of colour. Included within this pattern is a bar shape with 'towers' or uprights at either end, also consisting of overlayered or nesting bands of colour. Colours predominantly[greys/ black.
Dimensions	Each sheet height: 70.9cm Each sheet width: 91.4cm Printed surface height: 61cm Printed surface width: 70.7cm
Style	Abstract, Perceptual
Copy number	13/150
Marks and inscriptions	Albers '69 I-S Va.V 13/150 (Signed, dated, inscribed with title and numbered in pencil. Blind stamped with publisher's mark)
Credit line	Given by the Josef Albers Foundation
Production	I-S = Ives Sillman. This prefix was used for an open-ended series of prints produced by the publishing house Ives Sillman.
Associated objects	E.63:1-1994 (Set) E.63:2-1994 E.63:3-1994 E.63:4-1994 E.63:6-1994 E.63:7-1994
Bibliographic reference	Catalogue Raisonné: Nicholas Fox-Weber [Ed.] Brenda Danilowitz: The Prints of Josef Albers 1915-1976. Hudson Hills Press, New York. 2001. Cat. no. 192.5
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.63:5-1994

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Record created	April 1, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O213997/i-s-variantv-plate-5-print-josef-albers/

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